Take What You Got Lyrics - Kinky Boots - Original Broadway Cast Recording

HARRY 

Remember the pub where our fathers went 

To spend the end of the day? 

CHARLIE 

Remember the yard behind the pub 

Where we would run and play? 

HARRY 

Yeah, well, now the pub is a laundromat 

CHARLIE 

Now, the yard is a high-rise flat 

HARRY 

You can't go back 

You can't make it last 

HARRY 

You've gotta take what you've got 

Even when your life is in knots 

You take aim, take your shot 

Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot 

You've got to take what you've got 

CHARLIE 

You'd always say that one of these days 

You'd get out of Northampton town 

HARRY 

You'd always that you wouldn't stay 

No, you wouldn't stick around 

CHARLIE 

Never knew what I wanted before 

Now I'm even more unsure 

HARRY 

You can't move on if you're still in the past 

You've gotta take what you've got 

Even when your life is in knots 

You take aim, take your shot 

Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot 

You've got to take what you've got 

CHARLIE 

Everybodys telling me what I need to be 

Change with the times, move to London town 

Or live out a legacy 

Well, maybe this time, Ill take a chance 

Leap into the vast expanse 

Maybe this time, Ill seize my destiny 

My destinyyyyyyyy! 

...yyyyyyyyyeh. 

HARRY 

If youre on the wrong road, turn back 

CHARLIE 

So, youll help me out? 

Thank you, Harry. 

Two, three! 

HARRY/CHARLIE 

You've gotta take what you've got 

Even when your life is in knots 

You take aim, take your shot 

Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot 

You've got to take what you've got